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Bing gains but still way too far to challenge Google

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Bing has increased Microsoft’s share of the search market by 1% in the US according to analysis for June conducted by StatCounter. Google, obviously, still dominates the US search market.

Microsoft (Bing, Live Search and MSN Search in total) had 8.23% market share in June, behind Yahoo! at 11.04% according to monthly analysis by StatCounter Global Stats. Google has fallen back slightly from 79.07% in April to 78.48% in June but maintains its strong foothold on the lead. Nothing to worry for Serge and Larry.

Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter, said:

“At first sight, a 1% increase in market share does not appear to be a huge return on the investment Microsoft has made in Bing but the underlying trend appears positive. Steady if not spectacular might be the best way to describe performance to date.”

Data is based on an analysis of 1.316 billion search engine referring clicks (336 million from the US) which were collected from the StatCounter network of over three million websites.

Originally posted on July 2, 2009 @ 9:35 am

Yahoo’s third quarter earnings way off; Heads to roll

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Yahoo! Inc. reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 and it’s not fun. The search company earned $54.3 million, or 4 cents per share, down by 64 percent from $151.3 million. It was off by 9 cents per share based on projections by analysts.

Because of this, Yahoo! is cutting 10 percent of its employees as part of its plan to implement cost cutting measures towards saving $400 million.

Originally posted on October 21, 2008 @ 5:20 pm

BlogCatalog launches search engine made by blogger community

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BlogCatalog.com, a social network for bloggers, has launched a search engine that delivers search results from the BlogCatalog directory, member blog posts, discussion areas, blog tags, post tags, and more than 20 social networks. It is seen as the first comprehensive search engine of its kind developed by a blogger community.

The new search engine, enables anyone to search the BlogCatalog directory of over 150,000 blogs, and multiple social networks. The robust engine was developed after the success of Social Search, another search engine that was developed as an extension of BlogCatalog’s Social Dashboard.

BlogCatalog is a member-driven online community with tools, features, widgets, and forums that help bloggers connect. It also leads in the development of many free applications that assist bloggers. More than 100,000 approved bloggers interact on BlogCatalog every day.

Originally posted on October 8, 2008 @ 2:53 pm

Truveo launches video search to mobile devices

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Video search engine Truveo has launched a public beta of Truveo Mobile Video Search, making it easy for users to find and view videos from across the web on popular mobile phones.

Consumers can access the Truveo Mobile Video Search beta site from RTSP-supported (Real Time Streaming Protocol) mobile phones by going to http://wap.aol.com/truveo. The new mobile video search site taps into Truveo’s index and makes it possible for consumers to search and browse through millions of videos on more than 300 websites whose content has been optimized for mobile devices.

Users can browse the most popular and top-ranked videos from the web or search for videos by keyword. Search results can be easily sorted by popularity, ranking, or date to quickly find compelling content.

Originally posted on September 10, 2008 @ 10:42 am

Are You Dirty?

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While we could spend hours debating the usefulness of the Web, one thing is certain: it’s an amazing resource to research people. From sordid pasts keeping people from landing jobs to reconnected with a long lost love, if you exist on earth, there’s a good chance you’ll be found on the Web.

DirtSearch hopes to make your life a bit easier when it comes to searching for scoop on either you or someone you know. A free resource, the Website scours public record data and pulls it all together. Among the things you can expect to find out are criminal records, sex offenders, property ownership and more.

With the results you will also receive a “Dirty Score,” calculating the number of times your name is located.

I happen to have a very common full name, and I happen to live in New York. The site was able to tell me that I have 77 counterparts on LinkedIn – and that’s about it.

Meanwhile, a search conducted in Pipl.com seems to turn up much more information, including social network information.

If DirtSearch wants to compete in this space, they’ll have to beef up the number of sources they pull from. If you give it a try, let us know how it goes in the comments section below.

Originally posted on July 1, 2008 @ 10:47 am